Tag: Thomas B. Atkinson
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History of the First Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. John L. Lenhart went down with the ill-fated USS Cumberland, while Reverand Samuel Y. Monroe met his death by falling from a train.
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Clayton Truax
Clayton Truax was a Camden shoemaker and politician, serving as mayor, on city council, and on the board of education.
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A Brief History of the Camden Home for Children & SPCC
THE CAMDEN HOME FOR CHILDREN is an institution located on Haddon Avenue, above Mount Vernon, the object and design of which is to afford a home, food, clothing and schooling for destitute friendless children, and, at a suitable age, to place them with respectable families to learn some useful trade or occupation. The home was…
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1861 – The First War Meeting in Camden
On the 16th of April, 1861, three days after the Confederates fired upon Fort Sumter, at the entrance of Charleston Harbor, a large number of loyal and patriotic citizens of Camden City and County issued the following vigorous and spirited response to the President’s proclamation: To the President Of the United States: The unparalleled events…